Afghan

Vulnerable Afghan families line up to receive winter supplies in Dahsabz, a suburb of Kabul.
UNHCR/S.Murray-Jones

UN agency begins distributing winter aid in Afghanistan as temperatures begin to drop

30 November 2012
The United Nations refugee agency has begun distributing winter aid to some 40,000 families which are at risk in the cold weather in remote areas of Afghanistan, as well as the capital, Kabul.
OCHA Director of Operations John Ging (right) in Afghanistan on 26 April 2012.
OCHA

UN relief official calls for boost in humanitarian support for Afghanistan

29 November 2012
A senior United Nations official today called on the international community to step up its humanitarian support for Afghanistan to sustain the progress made so far in the country where thousands have suffered through 34 years of conflict and poverty.